Moynihan adds hands-on company-building experience

Kevin Moynihan, a former executive at Cadence Design Systems, has joined Gradient Design Automation as Vice President of Marketing.

Kevin Moynihan, a former executive at Cadence Design Systems, has joined Gradient Design Automation as Vice President of Marketing, bringing a broad background of experience in pioneering new technologies and businesses.

"This is a perfect time to bring Kevin onboard", said Rajit Chandra, founder, President and CEO of Gradient.

"His hands-on experience in building technology companies that consist of software licensing, consulting and design services businesses for diverse applications will help us manage the next phase of our growth".

"We are building on all the progress we have made over the past two years in bringing our innovative thermal integrity technology to market".

"With the only commercially available technology for analysing temperature gradients in integrated circuits and systems, Gradient is poised to usher in a brand new set of enabling technologies".

"I've had exposure to many companies, from start-ups to mature public companies", said Moynihan.

"Gradient has one of the strongest combinations of high-quality technical and management talent that I've seen".

"The company's thermal integrity technology can be applied to a broad base of semiconductor applications, from digital and analogue designs to systems in a package".

"I'm thrilled to be part of the team that will bring such innovative technology to market".

Before accepting his executive management position at Gradient, Moynihan held several executive positions at Cadence, most recently Vice President of Business Development for the IC Implementation Group, where he led investment, acquisition and alliance activities in the electronic design automation industry.

He joined Cadence in 1996 with the acquisition of High Level Design Systems, where he had been Vice President of Technology Services.

He has also held technical and marketing positions at Advanced Micro Devices, Mentor Graphics, ESL, and Lockheed.

Moynihan holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in computer and information science from Ohio State University.

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